"frank777" <frank777@yahoo.com> wrote in
news:Kvidnfm8sekYSUDYnZ2dnUVZ_tunnZ2d@adelphia.com :

> Hi, I have had virus /Trojans and spyware on my computer a while ago.
> They were all eliminated. My computer is Dell 9200 with Windows XP SP2
> and Explorer 6. I clean internet temp. files and cookies regularly.
>
> I have all the MS critical updates installed and use Norton System
> Works (w/ Antivirus)2006 scan every day.
> I also have installed Zone Alarm fire wall, Spybot Search and Destroy,
> Lavasoft Adaware, Webroot Spy Sweeper and Spyware Blaster, all updated
> regularly. Only things that ever comes up during scans are some
> tracking cookies discovered by Adaware. I even scanned my computer in
> safe mode but nothing showed up.
>
> Having sad all that, my computer is still acting strangely.
> It runs slower then it used to, even thou not all the time. It takes
> quite along time for some applications to open and run.

NSW and Webroot Spysweeper are both resource hogs.

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